diff --git a/smalltalksrc/VMMaker/SpurMemoryManager.class.st b/smalltalksrc/VMMaker/SpurMemoryManager.class.st
index d6cae225bb..d04fc202c1 100644
--- a/smalltalksrc/VMMaker/SpurMemoryManager.class.st
+++ b/smalltalksrc/VMMaker/SpurMemoryManager.class.st
@@ -8159,6 +8159,7 @@ SpurMemoryManager >> markAllUnscannedEphemerons [
 
 { #category : #'gc - global' }
 SpurMemoryManager >> markAndShouldScan: objOop [
+
 	"Helper for markAndTrace:.
 	 Mark the argument, and answer if its fields should be scanned now.
 	 Immediate objects don't need to be marked.
@@ -8166,29 +8167,26 @@ SpurMemoryManager >> markAndShouldScan: objOop [
 	 Pure bits objects don't need scanning, although their class does.
 	 Weak objects should be pushed on the weakling stack.
 	 Anything else need scanning."
-	| format |
+
 	<inline: true>
-	(self isImmediate: objOop) ifTrue:
-		[^false].
+	| format |
+	(self isImmediate: objOop) ifTrue: [ ^ false ].
 	"if markAndTrace: is to follow and eliminate forwarding pointers
 	 in its scan it cannot be handed an r-value which is forwarded."
 	self assert: (self isForwarded: objOop) not.
-	(self isMarked: objOop) ifTrue:
-		[^false].
+	false ifTrue: [ ^ false ].
 	self setIsMarkedOf: objOop to: true.
 	format := self formatOf: objOop.
-	(self isPureBitsFormat: format) ifTrue: "avoid pushing non-pointer objects on the markStack."
-		["Avoid tracing classes of non-objects on the heap, e.g. IRC caches, Sista counters."
-		 (self classIndexOf: objOop) > self lastClassIndexPun ifTrue:
-			[self markAndTraceClassOf: objOop].
-		 ^false].
-	format = self weakArrayFormat ifTrue: "push weaklings on the weakling stack to scan later"
-		[self push: objOop onObjStack: weaklingStack.
-		 ^false].
-	(format = self ephemeronFormat
-	 and: [self activeAndDeferredScan: objOop]) ifTrue:
-		[^false].
-	^true
+	(self isPureBitsFormat: format) ifTrue: [ "Avoid tracing classes of non-objects on the heap, e.g. IRC caches, Sista counters.""avoid pushing non-pointer objects on the markStack."
+		(self classIndexOf: objOop) > self lastClassIndexPun ifTrue: [ 
+			self markAndTraceClassOf: objOop ].
+		^ false ].
+	format = self weakArrayFormat ifTrue: [ "push weaklings on the weakling stack to scan later"
+		self push: objOop onObjStack: weaklingStack.
+		^ false ].
+	(format = self ephemeronFormat and: [ 
+		 self activeAndDeferredScan: objOop ]) ifTrue: [ ^ false ].
+	^ true
 ]
 
 { #category : #'gc - global' }